View Full Version : Wales Rally GB next weekend who's going? 4th-7th dec
well its that time of year again, Rally GB is back in wales for the final round of the championship, with Loeb already claiming the championship hopefully it will be an all out battle, bin it or win it fight to the finish :smash:
i'm going down friday to camp away from the 'carparks' for the Halfway and Crychan stages on saturday and hopefully staying for the Resolfen stages on sunday if the weathers not too brutal saturday night!
anyone else going? where? when?
main website details here http://www.walesrallygb.com/
some of the stages on google earth, its the 2007 so not all the stages are relevant and theres no mid wales stages http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=1061238&t=k&om=1
oh and if anyone wants any os stages maps ;)
me and the other half are going to the special stage at the Millenium Stadium sat evening :thumbs: Cant wait, cracking 2nd row seats again!!! :D
mike_s14
27-11-2008, 20:55
going to halfway hopefully after a full day at the bike show thursday
Will be around with work on Thursday and Friday morning. Hoping to catch some shakedown, and we may try for a stage on Friday...
me and the other half are going to the special stage at the Millenium Stadium sat evening :thumbs: Cant wait, cracking 2nd row seats again!!! :D
2nd row seats :eek: best get your camera ready then! :D
I think i'll head out into a stage this year! Had VIP passes last year and only time to go to the service park :cry: (and its crap at Sa1,used to be much more happening at the Velindre site)
Might go to Walters Arena again,cracking place :nod: :thumbs:
no mid wales stages??? why??
why do they insist on calling it the rally of great britain, when the cars only visit the crapiest part of mighty empire, motoring wise. i bet they put speed cameras on the special stages.
no mid wales stages??? why??
i have the os maps versions of the mid wales stages if you want them :thumbs:
pm me your email and i'll send them on, same goes for anyone else
stolen from another forum :D
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/p1woc/n7476947711695358508gu0.jpg
Sebastien Loeb rolled this morning in icy conditions during the recce for Wales Rally GB on the Myherin stage.
Conditions were paricularly bad and Loeb slipped off the road and rolled down a bank in his road car.
a copy of the 2006 safety booklet can be downloaded here, it has maps and photos of points round each stage so you can have a look see if its worth walking further afield from the main spectator points. they have changed the route this year so some stages arn't included oh and they running the stages backwards this year http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?c22ftinjm2d
Fatchimp
02-12-2008, 17:33
Sebastien Loeb rolled this morning in icy conditions during the recce for Wales Rally GB on the Myherin stage.
Conditions were paricularly bad and Loeb slipped off the road and rolled down a bank in his road car.
I hope he's memorised the "Drivers' Excuse Book" as they're not supposed to be going quickly on the recces.
I must admit, I preferred the rallying in the older days when it was the Lombard RAC Rally GB, usually covered from Wales to Derbyshire, through the Lake District and into Scotland, stages began before dawn and stopped around 10 or 11pm and it took the best part of a week to finish. It's still great, though.
what like this one? http://sxoc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=380698 :D
Anyone have a plan of times for this years stages? especially Walters arena?
Thanks.Paul :thumbs:
Timetable
RALLY TIMETABLE
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Thursday 4th December
Shakedown 08:00-13:30
Start Cardiff Ceremonial Start 18:00
Friday 5th December
SS1 Hafren 1 09:08
SS2 Sweet Lamb 1 09:32
SS3 Myherin 1 09:53
Remote Service A 11:48
SS4 Hafren 2 13:16
SS5 Sweet Lamb 2 13:40
SS6 Myherin 2 14:01
SS7 Walters Arena 1 17:06
SS8 Walters Arena 2 17:17
Service B & Parc Ferme In (Swansea) 18:02
Saturday 6th December
Service C & Parc Ferme Out (Swansea) 07:25
SS9 Resolfen 1 08:18
SS10 Halfway 1 09:47
SS11 Crychan 1 10:13
Service D (Swansea) 12:13
SS12 Resolfen 2 13:21
SS13 Halfway 2
14:50
SS14 Crychan 2 15:16
SS15 Cardiff (Millennium Stadium) Doors open 16:00
Entertainment start (approx) 17:00
Stage start 18:15
Service E & Parc Ferme In (Swansea) 19:23
Sunday 7th December
Service F & Parc Ferme Out (Swansea) 07:00
SS16 Rheola 1 07:55
SS17 Port Talbot 1 09:03
Service G (Swansea) 10:00
SS18 Rheola 2 11:10
SS19 Port Talbot 2 12:18
Service H (Swansea) 13:03
Finish Cardiff Ceremonial Finish 14:56
the Rheola stages on sunday also run through walters arena :thumbs:
Jeffers_S13
03-12-2008, 10:49
Going with a few mates on Sat. Heading for 1st stage, then service area, then 5th stage, then home, cant wait :) Got a day ticket for £30.
Thats Awesome Tommy thanks very much! :notworthy :thumbs:
ATTENTION FRIDAY PEOPLE!!!!!
they have decided to shorten the friday stages due to the adverse weather over that last few days :ghey: theres a news bulletin here http://www.walesrallygb.com/52_746.php?PHPSESSID=b97e9e57db381ae0b0a9519ca780c 080 that covers the details so be aware you may have to adjust your scheduels
i'll update this if i find out which specific parts they are cutting out start/end of each stage etc
Walters arena not effected yet thanks god!:thumbs:
:( Looks like theres been a bad crash on the road section
http://www.walesrallygb.com/
in the news section!
well had a great weekend at the rally :nod: the stages were very slippy with all the frozen mud it was difficult walking on them in places never mind driving, you could see the tyres not biting into it at all! the rallying was a bit pants at times but camping and beer make for good times :D
the first stage was crychan 1 and normally the corners were on are 5 gear sweepers with alot if camber but this year due to the ice they were doing about 30 mph and it was all a bit disapointing really was just stood about wanting someone to crash! Osberg was noticably fastest on the bit we watched and his impreza sounded ace with no backbox!
as the last few years we drove to the other side of the valley to watch the second run through Halfway 2 but got busted by the marshalls for not having a 'pass'. the road we normally park on was being used as the return road for the competitors this year, as the stages are reversed, so it was marshal tastic and we were escorted down to the main road :cry:
so after a bit of a re-group we headed off down to the car park for Walters Arena on the Rheola stage, went to glyn-neath for a few beers while we waited for the carpark to open, found a proper local pub that had a 'christmas do' on full of women, mainly old but something at least, and a karreokee night! got to say that the welsh people are really friendly and everyone was very welcoming even with our dirty boots :nod: and the beer is very cheap...
after a frosty camp and a late start we watched them through Rheola 1 at walters arena, then after cooking some food on the stove on top of the engine, because the gas froze :eek: we treked upto the faster parts above walters for a bit more speedy action and it was quite clear that Loeb was going alot quicker than Latvala, heard on the scanner that Latvala was having difficulty working out whether the shinny residue that covered the road was ice or water from the thaw were as Loeb could see Latvala's wheel tracks through the water and so knew it wasn't ice and he was able to push much harder
got a few pics on a friends camera so will upload them later...
So what happened to everyone elses pics? and did anyone see the atkinson or hirvonen crashes from where they were? atkinsons looked like a mess :eek:
well had a great weekend at the rally :nod: the stages were very slippy with all the frozen mud it was difficult walking on them in places never mind driving, you could see the tyres not biting into it at all! the rallying was a bit pants at times but camping and beer make for good times :D
the first stage was crychan 1 and normally the corners were on are 5 gear sweepers with alot if camber but this year due to the ice they were doing about 30 mph and it was all a bit disapointing really was just stood about wanting someone to crash! Osberg was noticably fastest on the bit we watched and his impreza sounded ace with no backbox!
as the last few years we drove to the other side of the valley to watch the second run through Halfway 2 but got busted by the marshalls for not having a 'pass'. the road we normally park on was being used as the return road for the competitors this year, as the stages are reversed, so it was marshal tastic and we were escorted down to the main road :cry:
so after a bit of a re-group we headed off down to the car park for Walters Arena on the Rheola stage, went to glyn-neath for a few beers while we waited for the carpark to open, found a proper local pub that had a 'christmas do' on full of women, mainly old but something at least, and a karreokee night! got to say that the welsh people are really friendly and everyone was very welcoming even with our dirty boots :nod: and the beer is very cheap...
after a frosty camp and a late start we watched them through Rheola 1 at walters arena, then after cooking some food on the stove on top of the engine, because the gas froze :eek: we treked upto the faster parts above walters for a bit more speedy action and it was quite clear that Loeb was going alot quicker than Latvala, heard on the scanner that Latvala was having difficulty working out whether the shinny residue that covered the road was ice or water from the thaw were as Loeb could see Latvala's wheel tracks through the water and so knew it wasn't ice and he was able to push much harder
got a few pics on a friends camera so will upload them later...
So what happened to everyone elses pics? and did anyone see the atkinson or hirvonen crashes from where they were? atkinsons looked like a mess :eek:Give me a bit more notice next year and I may be able to sort something out for you :D
Told you it would be wet and bloody cold :p
cheers chris i'll give let you know in good time :thumbs:
i will probably do a lightweight speedy visit next year and just sleep in the car without all the camping gear, as i get really frustrated driving down the wonderfull A483 5 up in a crappy discovery full to bursting point with all the crap it :annoyed: i fancy a nice spirited drive through the night in the sx or the impreza next year :nod:
oh and its in october next year so it will be warmer but wetter :D
My location selections were ok then ;)
My location selections were ok then ;)
:nod: went up around points 12 and 13 for the second run through
thanks again rich :thumbs:
cheers chris i'll give let you know in good time :thumbs:
i will probably do a lightweight speedy visit next year and just sleep in the car without all the camping gear, as i get really frustrated driving down the wonderfull A483 5 up in a crappy discovery full to bursting point with all the crap it :annoyed: i fancy a nice spirited drive through the night in the sx or the impreza next year :nod:
oh and its in october next year so it will be warmer but wetter :DGive me a couple of months notice :nod:;) A very good friend of a very good friend goes by the name of Mr Walters
I saw Atkinsons crash,but it was up in the track before the entrance to Walters! it was just lights on Road/sky/trees etc.looked a fast crash though :eek:
I only stayed for an hour into it as i was called into work! too cold for me though,my feet were like 2 blocks of wood :ghey: :D
well finally managed to get some pics of my friends camera as my charger decided to break the day before the rally stupid cell batteries :annoyed:, not many good ones and a bit samey samey but hey ho was too busy playing with my new scanner :D
first night camp
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x6/tommybrichard/DSCF2523.jpg
some of the goons :D
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x6/tommybrichard/DSCF2513.jpg
sunrise over walters arena
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x6/tommybrichard/DSCF2536.jpg
it was very cold :nod:
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x6/tommybrichard/DSCF2539.jpg
petter, complete with mouth open
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x6/tommybrichard/DSCF2551.jpg
henning, who later ripped the rear wheel and suspension of his car in Rheola 2
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x6/tommybrichard/DSCF2553.jpg
Toni Gardemeister
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x6/tommybrichard/DSCF2555.jpg
hirvonen
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x6/tommybrichard/DSCF2556.jpg
Good pics there :nod: brings back memories:) Used to love marshalling on the WRC but I don't miss having to sleep in a freezing Welsh forset in the middle of November :no: :D
Cracking pics there mate :nod: :thumbs:
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